| Summary/Abstract |
On 1 July 2001, the Headquarters Joint Forces New Zealand was opened, and took command over operational deployments. This important development's origins lie generally in the movement among partner armed forces towards joint operations. But the small size of the New Zealand armed forces delayed any move towards a joint approach, which eventually had to be imposed by civilians to a much greater degree than elsewhere. The deliberations of the Derek Quigley-chaired Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee's Inquiry into Defence Beyond 2000 were crucial. Although the National-led government resisted the committee's conclusions, the ensuing Labour-led government took them up.
|